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The Afternoon Play: Strike - Early Doors

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Michael Toft

Ronnie Ashworth is a Yorkshire miner who believes passionately in the 1984 strike, no matter what it costs him and his family. His younger brother Paul isn't so convinced. Their differences reach a crisis on their first picket in Nottinghamshire.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Toft
Director:
Tony Cliff
Ronnie:
Paul Copley
Amy:
Shirley E. Jones
Paul:
John Graham Davies
Debra:
Barbara Marten
Albert:
Gerry Kersey
Dave:
Paul Elsam
Colin:
Colin Meredith
Mick:
Finetime Fontayne
Norman:
Graham Roberts
Greg:
Christopher Larner
Harold:
Edward Peel
Ken:
David Fleeshman
Justina:
Sue Jenkins
Betty:
Allyson Lee
Source: Radio Times

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